By DeuceSeven on May 19th, 2008 (more posts by author)

For those that don’t know, I got forced into a new schedule in the beginning of April. On this shift I work no more then 3 days of one shift in a row, the 3 shifts are 7am-3pm, 3pm-11pm, 11pm-7am, they rotate in that order. I thought I would play more mtts on this shift since I get some great opportunities to play during prime time on the 7-3 part of the rotation. What I’ve found is I feel like shit as far as trying to concentrate which is a big negative in poker. I also don’t feel like playing since I have no energy and anything I do other then watching tv/playing video games seems like a struggle. The thought of firing up my computer to do battle in a session of mtts for up to 5 hours doesn’t seem like the greatest choice for my leisure time when my brain is fried.

I’ve only played 24 mtts this month, I should have close to 40. I’ve stopped playing as much partly because I’ve been running bad, the new schedule, and I have to watch the spurs play in the playoffs. I’ve been playing a bit more full ring 25nl and I’m starting to become a big fan. I can pretty much run the table as most fr players are either weak/passive or super nitty. Over a small sample size (1k hands) I’m running at something like 17ptbb/100 playing 20/10. People just aren’t as aggressive, you can steal blinds much much easier and most players besides the few solid tags and the super nits are very passive post flop. I pretty much open atc in the last 2 seats at the table.

Boy oh boy, what a game coming up tonight. The spurs play in NO with the series tied 3-3. I think if the refs don’t give the home team the big advantage like it’s been all playoffs, I predict the spurs win by 6. Everything hinges on these major things:

1. Who’s role players are going to hit shots and/or play good.
2. Who will get in foul trouble, if Chandler goes to the bench early it’s going to be very hard for the hornets to win.
3. What are the refs going to do? Plain and simple the home team has gotten all of the marginal calls all series.
4. Will parker hit his medium range jumpers?
5. Can Duncan hit his layups with Chandler in his face?
6. How healthy is West? If he’s not hitting his jumpers that’s a big negative for the Hornets.